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A birthday card for Al (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Rooney, J. (2012). A birthday card for Al. [Quicktime movie]. 23 March 2012. (Unpublished)

A sound/image composition created for Decode/Recode.
Celebrating 100 Years of Alan Turing Decode/Recode

A globally networked interactive event celebrating the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, as part of the official opening of the University of... Read More about A birthday card for Al.

Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation (2012)
Journal Article
Goddard, M. (2012). Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation. Subjectivity, 5(1), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.24

This article exmaines the use of cinema as a mapping of subjective mutation in the work of Deleuze, Gauttari and Berardi. Drawing on Deleuze's distinciton between the reduction of the art-work to the symptom and the idea of art as symptomatology, the... Read More about Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation.

Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong' (2012)
Journal Article
Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2012). Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'. Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 6(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1386/jcc.6.1.27_1

The notion of the Sinophone according to Shu-mei Shih attempts takes the delineation of Chinese identities out of ethno-geographic boundaries into linguistic communities. In the case of Chinese cinemas, the emphasis on linguistic communities fails to... Read More about Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'.

The patient's experience of painful diabetic neuropathy : an empirical study (2012)
Thesis
Chadwick, P. The patient's experience of painful diabetic neuropathy : an empirical study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study explores the experience of painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN).
Although PDN has a prevalence of a third of the general diabetes population it is
often an ill considered problem. It has a poor level of recognition from the
medical establi... Read More about The patient's experience of painful diabetic neuropathy : an empirical study.

Research and practice (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Rooney, J. (2012). Research and practice. 29 February 2012. (Unpublished)

How important is research in practice? Do designers still use sketchbooks, is there enough time to work on projects that are not profit driven.
These issues will be debated by key members of the design community and academic staff from the school o... Read More about Research and practice.

Type tarts (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Archer, C., & Rooney, J. Type tarts. 16 February 2012 - 24 February 2012. (Unpublished)

Type Tarts is a travelling exhibition organised by Dr Caroline Archer, Reader in Typography at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.

Tart cards are the means by which many London prostitutes advertise their services. Step into almost any centr... Read More about Type tarts.

Government ban on tobacco advertising - BBC Radio Manchester interview (2012)
Digital Artefact
Morris, C. (2012). Government ban on tobacco advertising - BBC Radio Manchester interview

Government ban on tobacco advertising - BBC Radio Manchester interview. Andy Crane Show 15/2/12 at 5.20 pm. Discussion regarding industry response to recent ban placed on cigarette advertising in Manchester.

The best Of CafeLit 2011 (2012)
Book
James, G., Hobbs-Wyatt, D., Bannister, L., Belshaw, T., Britten, C., Broom, G., …Styles, R. (2012). G. James, & D. Hobbs-Wyatt (Eds.), The best Of CafeLit 2011. Manchester: Chapeltown

Each story in this little volume is the right length and quality for enjoying as you sip the assigned drink in your favourite Creative Café. You need never feel alone again in a café. So what’s the mood today? Espresso? Earl Grey tea? Hot chocolate... Read More about The best Of CafeLit 2011.

Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE? (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, P. (2012). Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE?. International Politics, 49(2), 215-237. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2011.40

The British school of International Political Economy (IPE) has been highly innovative in encouraging inter-disciplinary work, and allows eclecticism of research and investigation, which is quite distinct in contrast to its American counterpart. Crit... Read More about Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE?.

11th September 2001 : the Italian writers’ response (2012)
Journal Article
Ania, G. (2012). 11th September 2001 : the Italian writers’ response. Modern Italy, 17(1), 119-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2012.640422

One month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the Corriere della sera published an article on the possible future consequences for literature of this horrific event. Some novelists boldly declared their work would not b... Read More about 11th September 2001 : the Italian writers’ response.

Lost Crusader? Chester Cooper and the Vietnam War, 1963-68 (2012)
Journal Article
Colman, J. (2012). Lost Crusader? Chester Cooper and the Vietnam War, 1963-68. Cold War History, 12(3), 429-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2011.573147

Chester Cooper is well known as the author of The Lost Crusade: The United States in Vietnam (1970) but his role as a Vietnam policymaker – though important - has been overlooked. He worked for the CIA and then for the National Security Council under... Read More about Lost Crusader? Chester Cooper and the Vietnam War, 1963-68.

Public service interpreting and the politics of entitlement for new entrants to the United Kingdom (2012)
Journal Article
Tipton, R. (2012). Public service interpreting and the politics of entitlement for new entrants to the United Kingdom. Journal of Language and Politics, 11(2), 185-206. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.11.2.02tip

This article examines the function and perception of public service interpreting provision in contemporary Britain against the backdrop of conflict that has emerged in media and political circles as a result of the spiralling cost of such provision.... Read More about Public service interpreting and the politics of entitlement for new entrants to the United Kingdom.

The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change (2012)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2012). The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 7(2), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1163/187119112X625538

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the article explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countri... Read More about The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change.

Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland? (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, J., & Tonge, J. (2012). Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?. Terrorism and Political Violence, 24(1), 61-78

Dissident Irish Republicans have increased their violent activities in recent years.
These ‘‘spoilers’’ reject the 1998 Good Friday Agreement power-sharing deal
between Unionist and Nationalist traditions in Northern Ireland. Instead dissident
IRA... Read More about Menace without mandate? Is there any sympathy for 'dissident' Irish Republicanism in Northern Ireland?.

Embedding crime prevention within design development (2012)
Book Chapter
Wootton, A., & Davey, C. (2012). Embedding crime prevention within design development. In P. Ekblom (Ed.), Design against crime : Crime proofing everyday products. Reiner Publishers

Through initiatives such as Design Against Crime (DAC), European designers, manufacturers and developers are being encouraged to address crime and related social issues within design and development projects. But how can their efforts be evaluated, w... Read More about Embedding crime prevention within design development.

Europe and the new jazz studies (2012)
Book Chapter
Whyton, T. (2012). Europe and the new jazz studies. In L. Cerchiari, L. Cugny, & F. Kerschbaumer (Eds.), Eurojazzland : Jazz and European Sources, Dynamics, and Contexts. Boston, USA: Northeastern University Press

Publisher's description of book:
It is often said that jazz is America’s great gift to the world, but while true, this belies the surprising, often crucial role that Europe has played in the development and popularity of jazz throughout the world.... Read More about Europe and the new jazz studies.